covid-19
Parents had high rates of anxiety and depression during COVID. That affected kids | Opinion
Decades of research clearly demonstrate that the mental health of parents and their children are inextricably linked.
Citing Medicaid costs, GOP governors call for an end to pandemic public health emergency
'It is time we move on from the pandemic,” the governors’ Monday letter argued.
Report: Ranks of uninsured Pa. kids dropped during pandemic | Tuesday Morning Coffee
But the end of the public health emergency could undo that progress, an advocacy group has warned.
Tom Wolf’s Legacy: Progressive change, steady leadership, better government | Opinion
The Democrat delivered on his promise of a government that actually works for the people of Pennsylvania.
The Great Plague of Marseille and Misinformation: Then and Now | Opinion
As was the case with the COVID-19 pandemic, misinformation made an 18th century health disaster even worse.
Here’s how to address vaccination hesitancy in Pa.’s multicultural community | Opinion
To my brothers and sisters of color, for us to traverse these health disparities, we have to be proactive contributors.
‘Sobering, but not surprising’: Report details the pandemic’s toll on Philly students’ test scores
Reading and math scores for some students dipped as schools shuttered during the public health crisis.
Millions of workers are dealing with long COVID. Advocates call for expanding social safety net
Sixteen million people of working age in the U.S. suffer with long COVID and of those, from 2 to 4 million people were unemployed in June and July.
Report: Nearly half of LGBTQ-owned businesses were denied COVID-relief loans
Poorer economic conditions among LGBTQ-owned small businesses hurt them when it came time to apply for aid.
FDA, CDC greenlight updated COVID-19 booster for kids 5 to 11
WASHINGTON — The federal government on Wednesday recommended an updated COVID-19 booster for kids between 5 and 11, expanding use of the new bivalent shots beyond people 12 and older. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration first authorized the updated vaccines use in the morning before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended them […]
Study: More Republicans than Democrats likely died of COVID-19
Research shows that there were 14,146 vaccine-preventable deaths in Pennsylvania.
The pandemic made racial discrepancies in health care much worse | Opinion
The United States is one of the richest countries in the world, but we suffer from one of the highest rates of preventable mortality.